India has celebrated its moment under the sun when a few months back the then power minister announced that it has turned surplus in power supply. Though the statement has its share of ifs and buts, significant improvement in coal production was the reason for this.

One of the essential components of a thermal or nuclear power plant is the cooling tower. Even in the modern age of renewable energy, solar thermal power plant requires a cooling tower application, though not in the same size and shape as that of a thermal or nuclear power station.

Lucy Electric, a leader in medium voltage, secondary power distribution solutions, has appointed Ajithkumar Kesavan to its newly created role as Director of India Marketing & Sales. He brings over 16 years' industry experience of delivering engineering solutions that meet customers' needs.

Besides being a zero carbon emitting source of energy, costs of geothermal has significantly reduced over the years, making it an available option for India - one that the government too is contemplating.

Average clearing price for power on the energy exchange has been inching up from Rs 2.61/kWh seen on September 02, 2017 and spiked up to a high of Rs 9.91/kWh last week. Current prices are in the range of Rs 5.00-6.20/kWh range. These high prices are in stark contrast to the past two years, when power was selling at near a ten-year low of Rs 2.20-3.80/kWh

Lucy Electric, a leader in medium voltage, secondary power distribution solutions, has appointed Ajithkumar Kesavan to its newly created role as Director of India Marketing & Sales. He brings over 16 years’ industry experience of delivering engineering solutions that meet customers’ needs.

Shell Lubricants and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), under the aegis of the Energy Efficiency Council along with Godrej GBC, organised the 16th edition of ‘Energy Efficiency Summit’, International Conference and Exposition.

In a major cabinet reshuffle, India’s erstwhile Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, demitted office to become the new Minister of Railways. RK Singh, an erstwhile bureaucrat and now a Member of Parliament, has been appointed as the new minister.